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| − | [[Image:Jeff Stelling Speech.jpg|right|thumb|frame|Jeff Stelling]]'''Jeff Stelling''' (b.1955) is a presenter of Countdown. He took over from [[Des O'Connor]] at the start of [[Championship of Champions XIII]] in January 2009, prior to [[Series 60]], at the same time as [[Rachel Riley]] replaced [[Carol Vorderman]]. He is best known for hosting Sky Sports' Soccer Saturday programme, an afternoon-long show of previews, reports and goal updates. He is noted for his frequent use of puns involving player names - a goal by an Abroath player called Kevin Webster was greeted with the comment "Sally will be pleased" in reference to the Coronation Street character of the same name, while a red card for Gareth Jelleyman lead Stelling to comment that "Jelleyman has thrown a wobbly", a slang term for losing your temper which also relates to the consistancy of jelly. In 2009 he published a book of that title which mostly concentrates on anecdotes from ''Soccer Saturday'' but also has a short chapter on his appointment to ''Countdown''. | + | [[Image:Jeff Stelling Speech.jpg|right|thumb|frame|Jeff Stelling]]'''Jeff Stelling''' (b. December 6, 1955) is a presenter of Countdown. He took over from [[Des O'Connor]] at the start of [[Championship of Champions XIII]] in January 2009, prior to [[Series 60]], at the same time as [[Rachel Riley]] replaced [[Carol Vorderman]]. He is best known for hosting Sky Sports' Soccer Saturday programme, an afternoon-long show of previews, reports and goal updates. He is noted for his frequent use of puns involving player names - a goal by an Abroath player called Kevin Webster was greeted with the comment "Sally will be pleased" in reference to the Coronation Street character of the same name, while a red card for Gareth Jelleyman lead Stelling to comment that "Jelleyman has thrown a wobbly", a slang term for losing your temper which also relates to the consistancy of jelly. In 2009 he published a book of that title which mostly concentrates on anecdotes from ''Soccer Saturday'' but also has a short chapter on his appointment to ''Countdown''. |
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Revision as of 13:24, 11 January 2010
Jeff Stelling (b. December 6, 1955) is a presenter of Countdown. He took over from Des O'Connor at the start of Championship of Champions XIII in January 2009, prior to Series 60, at the same time as Rachel Riley replaced Carol Vorderman. He is best known for hosting Sky Sports' Soccer Saturday programme, an afternoon-long show of previews, reports and goal updates. He is noted for his frequent use of puns involving player names - a goal by an Abroath player called Kevin Webster was greeted with the comment "Sally will be pleased" in reference to the Coronation Street character of the same name, while a red card for Gareth Jelleyman lead Stelling to comment that "Jelleyman has thrown a wobbly", a slang term for losing your temper which also relates to the consistancy of jelly. In 2009 he published a book of that title which mostly concentrates on anecdotes from Soccer Saturday but also has a short chapter on his appointment to Countdown.
See also
- Jeff Stelling on Wikipedia.
- Jeff Stelling on the Internet Movie Database.
